Every Which Way
Resistance can and does take many forms. For artist Raychael Stine, it often takes the shape of a dachshund—an unconventional surrogate of sorts that helps her defend the value of sentimentality in the context of contemporary art
Nancy Zastudil
Alyce Santoro: Delicate Empiricist
Artist Alyce Santoro believes that everyone is endowed equally with the ability to imagine. It just takes practice. As an inventor, sculptor, weaver, activist, and more, Santoro personifies “multimedia artist.”
Prone to Roam
Artists are leaving Texas, and for good reason. Touring equals two important things for the state's performing artists: unprecedented exposure and a chance to get off the island. An invitation to perform on the road carries with it a certain cachet, elevating an artist’s hometown reputation and expectations.
Open Season
Some people say ideas are a dime a dozen.
The Idea Fund says they are $3,500 each and, with help from a special initiative of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, it is putting that money directly into the hands of Texas artists. As a result, some of the state's most provocative or otherwise unexpected imaginings are being made real.
Shaping a State’s Art History
Expanded Texas Biennial Launches Its Fifth Iteration IMAGE ABOVE: TX?13 Danielle Georgiou, cialis Pizzicato Porno (2013), site videos...
Time to Ramble On…Home
Houston’s Nomadic Arts Groups Put Down Roots With the onslaught of trendy pop-up galleries, mobile exhibitions, and flash-mob art culture, some Houston’s arts organizations have had their fill of being on the move. Catastrophic, Stark Naked, and Mildred’s Umbrella theater companies, as well as Aurora Picture Show, Dance Source Houston [...]
The Waiting Game
Lillian Warren’s Paintings Play with Time Waiting is an action defined by stagnation, tedium, and boredom – and...
The Tool at Hand
No one likes being told what to do, but what if the instruction comes in the form of...
Suspended Animation
The Bridge Club Heads to Currents New Media Festival If the medium is the message, as philosopher and...